tyrantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtaɪə.rənt/us/ˈtaɪ.rənt/a ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly:
Tamir, one of several sons of the exiled ruler, vowed he would liberate his country from the tyrant.
figurative humorous Overnight my boss seems to have turned into a tyrant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Powerful people & dictators
- a heavy hitter idiom
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- despot
- dictator
- dictatorial
- establishment
- figurehead
- grey eminence
- heavy
- plutocrat
- potentate
- power broker
- puissance
- puissant
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise
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